OAKLAND –A man who was winning a fistfight Oct. 29 before he was jumped and beaten by three of his opponent’s friends, prompting him to get a gun and allegedly shoot the man he had been fighting with, has been charged with attempted murder and carrying a loaded firearm in public, according to authorities and court records.

The suspect, Ricardo Patron, 39, of Oakland, has pleaded not guilty to the charges and has a pre-trial hearing set for Dec. 8. He is being held without bail at Santa Rita Jail.

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The violence, which was captured on video surveillance, happened about 8:38 p.m. Oct. 29 in the 2200 block of 35th Avenue in the Fruitvale district. Patron had gotten into a fistfight for unknown reasons with a 28-year-old man he did not know.

Patron was winning the fight when

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